# AS3 Button.EventListeners

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-button-eventlisteners/298250>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 15, 2009, 2:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-button-eventlisteners/298250 "2009-10-15T14:22:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![nitroplonker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3da27b/32.png) [@nitroplonker](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nitroplonker)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 2:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-button-eventlisteners/298250/1 "2009-10-15T14:22:34Z")

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Hi,

I have a rookie question to ask and it’s how to assign the same event listeners to multiple buttons in as3 instead of having to write out the same code over and over again like so…

```
 ActionScript Code:
 [LEFT]listing.[COLOR=#000080]home[/COLOR].[COLOR=#000080]addEventListener[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR]MouseEvent.[COLOR=#000080]ROLL_OVER[/COLOR] , butOver[COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR]
    listing.[COLOR=#000080]home[/COLOR].[COLOR=#000080]addEventListener[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR]MouseEvent.[COLOR=#000080]ROLL_OUT[/COLOR] , butOut[COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR]
    listing.[COLOR=#000080]home[/COLOR].[COLOR=#000080]addEventListener[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR]MouseEvent.[COLOR=#000080]CLICK[/COLOR] , released[COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR]
    listing.[COLOR=#000080]home[/COLOR].[COLOR=#0000ff]gotoAndStop[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR][COLOR=#000080]1[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR];
    listing.[COLOR=#000080]draw[/COLOR].[COLOR=#000080]addEventListener[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR]MouseEvent.[COLOR=#000080]ROLL_OVER[/COLOR] , butOver[COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR]
    listing.[COLOR=#000080]draw[/COLOR].[COLOR=#000080]addEventListener[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR]MouseEvent.[COLOR=#000080]ROLL_OUT[/COLOR] , butOut[COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR]
    listing.[COLOR=#000080]draw[/COLOR].[COLOR=#000080]addEventListener[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR]MouseEvent.[COLOR=#000080]CLICK[/COLOR] , released[COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR]
    listing.[COLOR=#000080]draw[/COLOR].[COLOR=#0000ff]gotoAndStop[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR][COLOR=#000080]1[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR];
    listing.[COLOR=#000080]away[/COLOR].[COLOR=#000080]addEventListener[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR]MouseEvent.[COLOR=#000080]ROLL_OVER[/COLOR] , butOver[COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR]
    listing.[COLOR=#000080]away[/COLOR].[COLOR=#000080]addEventListener[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR]MouseEvent.[COLOR=#000080]ROLL_OUT[/COLOR] , butOut[COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR]
    listing.[COLOR=#000080]away[/COLOR].[COLOR=#000080]addEventListener[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR]MouseEvent.[COLOR=#000080]CLICK[/COLOR] , released[COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR]
    listing.[COLOR=#000080]away[/COLOR].[COLOR=#0000ff]gotoAndStop[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR][COLOR=#000080]1[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR];

```

[/LEFT]

and so on

cheers

Steve